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  1. Today In History - May 14, 2008Read the original story

    28 min ago | KCBS-TV Los Angeles

    ... Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. In 1942, Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" was first performed, by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In 1973, the United States launched Skylab 1, its first manned space station. In 1987, actress Rita Hayworth died in ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Offbeat

  2. CHS symphony wins state titleRead the original story

    38 min ago | Carmel Star

    ... Graham Auditorium. All four orchestras -- Camerata String Ensemble, Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra -- competed at ISSMA on May 3 at Warren Central High School's Performing Arts Center. The Symphony Orchestra won ...

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    Related Topix: Arts

  3. Making music for the cool kidsRead the original story

    53 min ago | The Globe and Mail

    ... Yo Gabba Gabba! "Maybe it's one of those milestones, where after a band puts out so many records they do their 'symphony record.' Or their 'children's record.' Or their 'acoustic record.' You know?" Robertson muses. "For us, there are a lot of ...

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    Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Barenaked Ladies, Entertainment

  4. Cruising to American ports of callRead the original story

    56 min ago | Boston Globe

    The Boston Symphony Chamber Players closed the season with "Plain Song, Fantastic Dances." All is fair in love, war, and apparently chamber music.

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    Related Topix: Classical, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Arts

  5. Detroit strings led by semiconductorRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Denver Post

    Asimo a 4-foot, 3-inch robot designed by Honda Motor Co. leads the Detroit Symphony in its performance of "The Impossible Dream" from "Man of La Mancha" on Tuesday evening.

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    Related Topix: Robots, Arts

  6. India to get first taste of German Fluxus artRead the original story

    1 hr ago | India eNews

    ... the group that George Maciunas had cobbled together for the Weisbaden show. The artist, who started his career as a symphony orchestra musician in Canada, New York and later in Germany took to Fluxus Art when he realised that only 50 percent of the ...

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    Related Topix: Delhi, India, World News, India, Arts

  7. Robot conducts orchestraRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Arizona Daily Star

    Honda's Asimo robot conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during a Tuesday program in Detroit.

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    Related Topix: Robots, Arts

  8. The Indomitible Human Spirit - Classical Piano with a TwistRead the original story

    1 hr ago | PR.com

    ... Association prospered for twenty years before ceased operations in 1996. In the summer of 2003, after the Savannah Symphony closed, several ardent music lovers revived the association to be certain to provide the people of Savannah the opportunity ...

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    Related Topix: Classical, New York Philharmonic, Savannah, GA

  9. From the Southeast to the Northwest. A talented Navy fRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Bainbridge Island Review

    ... range in age from 8 to 13 - ' have built a smooth, stage-ready performance that's put them on the radar of various symphony orchestras as well as into an HBO special. Catch them at 7:30 p.m. May 17 at Pegasus, before they get too busy for the small ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, Entertainment

  10. "Orchestra's demise huge loss for city" The Columbus DispatchRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Columbus RetroMetro

    ... Columbus' city leaders appear not to have similar notions about its arts culture and, therefore, don't consider a symphony orchestra fundamental to a robust city. I beg to differ. Unless and until Columbus and its major employers consider a symphony ...

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  11. Inspector Tovey Investigates Composing For Kids' KoncertRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Huliq.com

    ... sleuth Inspector Tovey examines the art of composing on Sunday, May 18th, 2pm at the Orpheum Theatre. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Music Director Bramwell Tovey reprises his role of "Inspector Tovey" in the final concert in the 2007/2008 Spectra ...

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    Related Topix: Kids, Family, Arts, Classical

  12. Arts booster is WOD recipientRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Alton Telegraph

    ... secretary. She also has a part in "Auntie Mame," playing now through Sunday. She is a member of the Alton Youth Symphony Board, Upper Alton Women's Club and Alton Municipal Band. She is an active member of Godfrey Congregational Church. She ...

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  13. Sophia Loren to attend concertRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | San Bernardino County Sun

    ... that Mother's Day was last weekend. When Maestro Carlo Ponti Jr. raises his baton for Saturday's San Bernardino Symphony concert, he'll have a little more energy, he says. He always does when his mother, Sophia Loren, is in the audience. The ...

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    Related Topix: Sophia Loren, Riverside Metro, San Bernardino, CA, Arts

  14. Honda robot conducts Detroit Symphony to warm responseRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Florida Times-Union

    ... tall. ASIMO, a robot designed by Honda Motor Co., met its latest challenge Tuesday evening: Conducting the Detroit Symphony in a performance of "The Impossible Dream" from "Man of La Mancha." "Hello, everyone," ASIMO said to the audience in a ...

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    Related Topix: Classical, Arts, Automakers, Honda Motor Co, Robots, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Entertainment

  15. Concert will aid ailing violinistRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Azcentral.com - news

    This News By You article was submitted by Jan Septon, a violinist with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra.

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  16. All the clutter is goneRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Mountain Xpress

    ... and defining instrument. But for Galen Kipar, however, it was just a tool to achieve a grander vision. Small-scale symphony : The Galen Kipar Project brings big ideas into simple songs. "Composition was always the biggest thing for me," recalls ...

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    Related Topix: Arts, Augusta, GA

  17. Maestro RobotoRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Chicago Tribune

    ... Maestro Roboto Honda's ASIMO robot conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as it performs 'The Impossible Dream' during a Detroit concert Tuesday. ASIMO, which stands for Advanced Step in ...

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    Related Topix: Robots, Arts

  18. Campus CalendarRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Boston Globe

    ... St., Cambridge. 617-495-9400. artmuseums .harvard.edu Sunday Yo-Yo Ma performs with BYS As part of the Boston Youth Symphony's (BYS) 50th anniversary season, Yo-Yo Ma performs the Dvorák Cello Concerto at Symphony Hall Sunday with the BYS under ...

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    Related Topix: Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll, Boston, MA, Events

  19. Price, Levine, Floyd, Gaddes to get NEA honorsRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Myrtle Beach Online

    ... the Met as chief conductor and then music director since 1973, and in 2004 he became music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Floyd is best known for composing "Susannah," "Of Mice and Men" and "Cold Sassy Tree." Gaddes is general director ...

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    Related Topix: James Levine, Opera, Charitable Organizations, Harman International Ind, Electronics, Electronics, Arts, Opera

  20. Paterson band to premier work by famous composerRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Lethbridge Herald

    ... groups like Sharon, Lois & Bram and been the principal pops conductor of Orchestra London Canada and Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. Cable and Gilbert Paterson band teacher Karly Stewart met a number of years ago when he worked with the Lethbridge ...

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    Related Topix: Thunder Bay, ON, Arts, Canada, Ontario, North America, Canada, World News, Folk, Sharon, Lois & Bram